The first cytogenetic description of Euleptes Europaea (Gené, 1839) from Northern Sardinia reveals the highest diploid chromosome number among sphaerodactylid geckos (Sphaerodactylidae, Squamata)

Comparative Cytogenetics

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 153-161

  Gornung, Ekaterina ^a   Mosconi, Fabio ^b   Annesi, Flavia ^a   Castiglia, Riccardo ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b Museo Civico di Zoologia di Roma   (Italy)

Author keywords

Chromosomal evolution; Gekkota; Karyotype; Sauria; Telomeric repeats; XY male heterogamety

Indexed keywords

EID: 84893588437     PISSN: 19930771     EISSN: 1993078X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3897/CompCytogen.v7i2.4881     Document Type: Article

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